Friday

Flowerpot Card Full of Pizzazz



These little flowerpot pocket cards are so much fun (and easy!) to make. Here's some instructions by Stephanie that'll inspire you to create a "dare to be different - WOW" kind of card! I love lifting the little flower cluster out of their flowerpot to see the special message inside. This was made for one of my daughter's best friends (who is celebrating a birthday this weekend), and I adapted my flowerpot dimensions so that it would fit horizontally in the envelope. The flowers were stamped on white & cut out, then adhered to the upper portion of a rectangular white piece of cardstock that simply slides into the flowerpot pocket. The blue flowers are popped up with dimensionals. I was trying a variation of the Faux Shaving Cream technique on the red flower - the picture doesn't do this flower enough justice! The swirl on it was created using the paisley stamp from the Wanted stamp set. The leaves were made by using the 5 petal flower punch with Old Olive cardstock, then cut apart to make the individual leaves. I hope you enjoy this little creation today and be sure to have a great weekend!

Stamps -Petal Pizzazz, Wanted stamp sets
Paper - More Mustard pattern paper and cardstock, Riding Hood Red, Old Olive, white
Inks - More Mustard, Riding Hood Red, Pacific Point
Accessories - 5 petal flower and scallop edge punch, dimensional popdots

Wednesday

Whhheee... an Award!



I was so pleased to find out about an award given to me by Kirsten - you gotta visit her site because it's filled to the brim with inspiration! Thank you so much, Kirsten! :) You put a smile on this 'ole gal's face!

I love visiting the blogs on my blogroll - there's so much creativity going round and round. I chose these people who fit the Lemonade Stand Award guidelines to a T, so please stop by and send a shout out to Brenda, Rose, Tessa, Sheri and Comeka for their great work!

The rules of the award (To pick up the Lemonade Stand Award):- Comment on this blog.- Save the award logo to your own computer and use it in your own blog.- Nominate 5 to 10 blogs you feel show great attitude and gratitude.- Link to your nominees within your blog post.- Comment on their blogs to let them know they've received the award.- Link back to the person who gave you the award to show your appreciation.

Have a great day to everyone!

Tuesday

Vacation Album pgs 17-19



Page 17 - Inspirational
A simple layout with some encouraging words.



Page 18 - Sunset
I'm sure they enjoyed beautiful and breathtaking sunsets on the beach!


Page 19 - Vacation Memories
This is the last page made for my sweet SIL's vacation album. I made this so that they could fill in some specific details about their vacation. The blocks start off with the following topics -
We went on vacation between...
The weather was...
We went on vacation with...
More thoughts about our vacation...
And finally, each person in their family had a block to write down their favorite memories.

Thanks for letting me revisit this album with you! I thought it would be fun to share, especially since it's National Scrapbooking Month. My SIL really appreciated this ready-to-use album, which made it all worthwhile, KWIM? I really loved making it for her!!!

Tomorrow, I'm going to share some awards with some blog-mates that are so deserving and inspirational for me.... see ya later! :)
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